Chapter 266 - The Day One

When all the teams had assembled at their marching spots after Zimbabwe completed their March , the forntrunner started his run with the ceremonial torch in his hand. 

The flagbearer was the right given to the person having the highest level in the game , this year it was the Irish enigma 'Parallax' . 

At level 82 he was 7 levels clear of Rudra who had a 16 level bump because of slaying a dragon. That spoke miles about his strength as a player. 

As a comparision , the average player levels globally was 40 , while the amongst the strong elites it was about 58 , even Japanese representatives and top players like Karna and SMG were only tier two level 63. 

Even the level freak Neatwit was not a freak compared to the behemoth Parallax , it was not a farfetched thing to say that he was currently one of the best players in the game. 

His stride arrogant , as he held the torch , his body exuded the dominance of a alpha male. Rudra paid close attention to the man , as in his past life parallax was the player who won the one v one battle and the beat the clock challenge. Both events where Rudra was participating . 

Rudra was on a inevitable collision course against the man. Most would be scared to face the superior levelled player because of the stat disadvantage , however Rudra was not . If the brat wanted to bring it , he would more than welcome the challenge. 

Undefeated and unperturbed , the man was high in confidence. Unofficially on the forums he was hailed as the number one player. 

Various super guilds had offered him lucrative contracts to join them , but he remained unmoved , Ethan Grey was also amongst them. Rudra in his potential list of players to recruit submitted his name to Ethan , who did try his best to recruit the guy , however he remained firm in his decision to not join any guild. 

The Irishman lit the torch , as applause rained down on the man for officially opening the first ever VR Olympics. 

A cuber official then gave a short speach about the spirit of the game and other typical boring stuff to which Rudra paid no attention. finally in the end , Gaia , manifested herself on the podium , and with a unearthly divine appearance , raised her arms as she said " I the overseer declare the first VR Olympics , open ! ". 

Fireworks started to burst with her declaration , the first ever VR Olympics had officially started. This scene was being watched by billions worldwide , in less than 12 hours , the first event would start , on day one , 3 events were scheduled which were 

Beat the clock. 

Archery 

Blacksmithing 

Rudra had a event on the very first day, hence there was no time for him to focus on other things. 

After the VR Olympics was declared open , there was a one hour informal meet between all participants. The teams mixed with each other as words were exchanged and players taunted. 

There were 4 main power groups visible in the arena 

The trans Pacific alliance of USA , India , Japan and Australia 

The European union 

The African union 

And the middle eastern union. 

Apart from these four , there was also the big powerhouses Russia and China. 

And many many solo teams . The VR games would see a lot of politics being played on the world stage each day. 

The medal winners would be invited in as alliance members , while loosers would be kicked out of the union. 

The whole balance of world power would be restructured after this 15 day long Olympics event. New powers would emerge and old powers would loose their seat at the top of the food chain. 

Rudra met with Adam who started his ' Broooo , that's soo sickkk stories '. 

He also met with the Indian flagbearer 'GrandVoid' and plack card holder ' Aryabhatta'. 

And also with Australian group leader ' Morris ' , with whom he built a friendly connection. 

Rudra did mentain his arrogant attitude , but he did not want to overbear on his allies hence kept himself in check. The overall atmosphere in the trans Pacific alliance was not bad at all. 

Adam asked Rudra " Brooo , what do you think of that parallax guy ya? He ain't seem nothing much to me ya , you bring punks like them to the hood and they go in on two legs but come out on four , if you know what I mean ". 

He said bumping his shoulder into Rudra's multiple times as he winked at him. 

Rudra understood the pathetic joke , and tried to control his laugh , but could not as he bursted laughing. 

He then said " He is the one with the highest level in the game , the pioneer , the one at level 82 , he also has no guild backing him , a solo, he must be strong ". 

Adam made a shocked face " Broooooooo , that's sooo sick brooooo , how you know this shit man? ". 

Rudra facepalmed as he said " It was declared two days ago , by cuber , the flagbearer will always be the top level player every year ". 

Adam nodded as he said " My Brooo is well informed , hahahahaha ". 

Everyone gave the duo weird looks , as the only ones talking soo loudly and laughing like buffons in the entire place were these two . 

Rudra was embarrassed , but to everyone who dared look at him with a frown , he gave a cold glare , as if telling them ' Know your place ant'. 

Feeling the killing intent in his eyes , noone dared look at him anymore. 

Edge was upto his usual mind games , intentionally he circled the silently standing Karna , jumping and trotting around him like a little girl. 

He wanted to maximize the anger Karna had for him , soo that when the eventual match up came , in his anger he would make a rash decision. 

However it was for naught , as Karna calmly closed his eyes , and became oblivious to Edge's taunts. 

After a while edge felt bored , as Karna did not give him the satisfaction he was seeking . He clicked his tongue and went on his way to annoy other participants. 

After one hour , all participants were teleported out. Tommorow at day one. 

Rudra , Neatwit , Fatty Kalash and Jhonny were the participants for japan!